Just over two weeks to go until we take over the wonderful Conway Hall in London: VBF's first large-scale London event! Don't miss our multi-disciplinary celebration of the 300th anniversary of Bach's iconic Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1.
Meanwhile we're very excited to share our full line-up of musicians with you:
Libby Burgess piano "warm, sensitive pianism" (The Observer)
Check out her Project 48
David Gordon piano, harpsichord & melodica "one of our most brilliant pianists" (London Jazz News)
Dan Samsa sound artist Karl Abel bass guitar
Alice Manthorpe-Saunders cello
Vache Baroque's Vocal Consort Betty Makharinsky soprano Jonathan Darbourne countertenor Nick Pritchard tenor Chris Webb bass
David Gordon Jazz Trio David Gordon piano Oli Hayhurst double bass Tom Hooper drums
We promise to showcase Bach’s genius and craft from some unexpected angles. Experience VBF's signature sound and art installations too, created by our team in collaboration with wonderful Croatian artist Noa Geras.
Join Figure for Reflection and Remembrance: Requiems by Fauré and Charpentier at Union Chapel on 12 November. As we enter the season of remembrance in early November (including All Souls' Day, Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday), Figure invites you to an evening of reflective words and choral music featuring requiems by two great French composers, Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) and Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704). As both a music venue and a church, Union Chapel is an incredibly welcoming space, one that feels very aligned with Figure's goal of offering more than just concerts, but experiences. It's the perfect setting for this concert of sacred music, written for and first-performed in Christian funeral services. Figure hopes to capture some of the stillness, solemnity and poignancy of a church service by allowing the music space to breathe through moments of spoken and silent reflection and remembrance, led by special guest speaker Donald Macleod.
HGO presents 'The Cunning Little Vixen' at Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate N6 November 4 -13 - fabulous casts, wonderful kids, great production by Eleanor Burke and with Lada Valesova as music director, bringing this magical opera to a new awakening. Click here for more details. Part of the 26th 'Made in Prague' Festival. Student tickets are available for £15 on the the 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11 November, and tickets for accompanied children (5-15) are £10.
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